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Peter Judge

Peter Francis Judge

Born: 23 May 1916, Cricklewood, Middlesex
Died: 4 March 1992, Camden, London
Major Teams: Middlesex, Glamorgan, Bengal, Europeans (India).
Known As: Peter Judge
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium


Career Statistics:

FIRST-CLASS
 (career: 1933 - 1947)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   68   90  31   454   40    7.69   0   0   33   0

                       R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10
Bowling             4676  173  27.02  8-75    5   0

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.

Profile:

Peter Judge entered cricket`s record books in 1946 when he was dismissed by two consecutive balls within the space of a minute during Glamorgan`s drawn match with the Indians in 1946 at Cardiff Arms Park. His unique place in cricketing history followed his dimissal off the last ball of Glamorgan`s first innings, and then when captain Johnnie Clay decided to inject some life into the match by reversing the batting order, Judge was bolwed by the first ball of the county`s second innings.

Judge`s career had begun with Middlesex, with the seam bowler making eight appearances between 1933 and 1934. He then joined Buckinghamshire and subsequently played League cricket in Yorkshire and Cumbria, before joining Glamorgan in 1939. The right arm seamer used all of his experience to claim 69 wickets in his first full season of professional cricket, including career best figures of 8/75 against Yorkshire at Bradford.

During the Second World War, he served with the R.A.F. in the London area, but was fortunate to secure enough leave to play in many fund-raising and exhibition games at Lord`s and in the Home Counties. In 1943 he was posted to Gloucester, and then India, where he added to his list of teams by appearing for Bengal and the Europeans.

He returned to Glamorgan in 1946, when he took 64 wickets, including a spell of 10.1-1-23-7 against Derbyshire on a damp Arms Park wicket. Judge was handicapped by a foot injury in 1947, and further bouts of ill health led to him retiring from county cricket at the end of the season.(Submitted by Andrew Hignell - June 2000)

John Liverman adds "Peter Judge went to the same preparatory school as I did, and then on to St.Paul's. He must have been about 5 years older than I so we were never on friendly terms though I expect that we must have exchanged greetings.

At prep school Judge was at least a foot taller than any other pupil, and taller than any of the masters when he couldn't have been more than 13 or 14. At St.Paul's he was our outstanding cricketer and headed both batting (610 runs at 46.92) and bowling (84 wickets at 14.83) in his last year (1933). I saw his century (128*) against Old Paulines. In the same year he played, as a schoolboy, for Midlesex, taking 5 for 27 against Derbyshire in his first match at Lords, figures he never again equalled. Although an all-rounder at school, where he opened the batting, correct in style and making good use of his reach, he never scored much in 1st class cricket, going in no.11 for Middlesex, and well down the order for Glamorgan as a professional- very unusual in those days for a public schoolboy- he never went on to University. He remained a useful fast medium bowler who did a bit with the ball, but never reached Test standard.

It was said that he left Middlesex because PF Warner who ran the county then, thought his fielding lacked keenness. Like many tall fast-medium bowlers, Judge wasn't too quick to bend down, and didn't think it was any part of a fast bowler's job to chase after the ball unnecessarily. It might be said that he failed to fulfil his early promise with bat and ball."

* Last Updated: Monday, 29-Jul-2002 13:10:15 GMT


 
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